Suren Shadunts
Suren Shadunts | |
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Urunboi Ushturov | |
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Born | Suren Konstantinovich Shadunts 1898 Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 21 April 1938 | (aged 39–40)
Political party | Russian Communist Party (1917–1937) |
Suren Konstantinovich Shadunts (Armenian: Սուրեն Կոստանդինի Շադունց; 1898 – 1938) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan between 1934 and 1937.[1]
Life and career
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Shadunts eventually became the chairman of the Central Asian Cotton-growing Company in 1932 and remained at this post for two years. Immediately thereafter, he became the secretary for the Central Asian Bureau of Communist USSR.[4] A year later, in 1935, Shadunts became the first secretary of Tajikistan SSR. In the same year, he was awarded the Order of Lenin for his outstanding achievements in the field of agriculture and for exceeding state plans.[3][2]
While on a working visit in Moscow, Shadunts was arrested for 'counter-revolutionary' activity and was sentenced to death; his execution took place in 1938.[4]
Shadunts' reputation was formally reestablished in 1957.[4]
References
- ^ Neimatullo Safarov, Victor Novikov (2000). "Leaders of Tajikistan in XX-th century (1924–2000)". UNEP/GRID. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
- ^ a b c "Шадунц Сурен Константинович". knowbysight (in Russian).
- ^ Ambartsumian, Victor (1982). "Suren Shandunts". Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան (Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia) (in Armenian). 8: 412.
- ^ ISBN 978-0810860612.